Hello, Just a few questions to see if I am interested. What color are the canterbury bells? Are the Primrose candelabra hardy to zone 5 and what color are they? Are the White Angel Trumpets hardy (aka Moon flower shrub) or a tender perennial? How tall does your lavender get? Would they be good in pots? Also, how much seed do you have of each? I am looking for lots. Thanks! Bernadette This post was edited by bernadette_gourder on Fri, Feb 28, 14 at 8:32

I really appreciate the answers coolplantsguy. I was wondering if you could tell me what happens (when you divide a plant such as this) that revives it? Does the clump get too large, depriving the whole plant of nutrients? Is this what causes it to become short lived? I also wonder if this (dividing) applies to most plants that are listed as "short lived perennials" I don't have much experience with short lived perennials because I've avoided them for that very reason. I have no problem with dividing....I usually do it with most of my hardy perennials about every three years anyway. At least the ones that have roots that can be tampered with. I guess that an undivided clump of Chamomile would last at least three years without any assistance? This is good news. Thanks again!

Sorry Vera, but I've got to get you on this one. Remember Amare's post about whether her plant was a Sweet Williams or not? You said that the only upright phlox was a paniculata, and they bloom later in the season - which they do - but you are growing a Drummondii which has an upright habit and is blooming now... :O) I love those Heucheras! Can't seem to grow them. They end up looking straggly and ugly. What's your secret? Those are cute! Here is a link that might be useful: Amare's post.

newbie nicole... you will have no problem in moving perennials with a 15 hour drive ahead of you... I moved from a house in town, to our acreage in the spring about 13 years ago. These are some things you could keep in mind... Hopefully you will be able to move after the ground is thawed and as plants start to come up in the spring. This is what happened with me. As the plants started coming up, I divided or removed the whole perennial and placed it into a nursery pot. When I ran out of pots, I used plastic bags in a box, or ice cream pails/margarine containers with holes in them. The people purchasing our place had not seen any pictures of the yard with flowers blooming so, they had no idea what was there before. I took out favorite plants and a rose bush that was given to us as a sympathy gift when my DH's dad passed away. Is your home sold already? Do the people moving in know what your yard looks like with the perennials you do have? Sometimes all you need to take is a corner chunk of the perennial and you will be able to start it again at the new place. If you have access to crates (eg. milk crates) that stack...then you would have an easier time in transporting the perennials. You could also use plastic bags in a milk crate to place a number of perennials in the same crate instead of using nursery pots and lots of soil that would then also take up a lot of room (and weight). If you are moving after the ground would be thawed but before the perennials would be growing, then I would recommend right now for you to start digging and replanting into pots and placing them in a friend's garden for the winter. Because, you don't want anyone who potentially is a purchaser of your yard, to see all these perennials in pots in the garden that you are taking with you. Then in spring, just dig them out of your friend's garden and take them with you. Another thing is that when selling your home, you could place a clause in the agreement, that you will removing favorite perennials (all or some) to take with you. Place the perennials in the shade as soon as you get to your new home and plant them as soon as you can. If you do not know exactly where their permanent home will be then dig the pots into the ground, making a holding garden and then transplant them out of there as the new beds are ready. Have fun moving! It is a lot of work (been there, done that) but it is nice to see the same perennials bloom in their new home. It is like taking some of your old home, your memories, with you. The root system of the plants are usually a lot more mature when you take transplants from your original plants than what you would get by mail order or through a local nursery. You would have mature plants in your new home a lot sooner. Also, you would be saving a pile of money (assuming that you have a lot of perennials) in future landscaping in your new home. I know this is a long reply but...